Meanings
adjectiveatlantal (not comparable)
- not comparableanatomyRelating to the atlas.
- not comparableanterior; cephalic
[…] when the scapula is moved directly atlantad, the atlantal forces acting on the base and acromion are the motors, the dorsa-mesial and ster-mesi-lateral the directors, and the sacral forces the moderators […]
1808, John Barclay, The Muscular Motions of the Human Body
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